Hermann kaempf



anni sind HERMANN KAEMPE, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

' .Letters Pate/at No. 92,315, dated July', 1869.

IMPROVED DOG-MUZZLEL The Schedule referred t`o in these Letters Patent `and making part of the same,

skilled in the art to make and use the same,.reference being had to theaccolnpanying drawing, forming part of this specitication, in which i Figure l represents a side` View of my improved dogs muzzle.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of Athe same. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

This invention relates to a new dogs muzzle, which is so constructed that it will be light, substantial, and entirely reliable, without being in the least cumbersome to the animals, and without preventing the same from drinking.

The invention consists in forming aV muzzle vpartly of wire rods, and partly ofa fiat metal spring, the eollar-band being an independent wire spring or rino.

-A, in the drawing, represents the body of the muzzle. It is iliade of ire rods, which are formed about as i'ollowsz' An endless wire, a, extends along both sides of the f head in astraight direction, and is bent in front of the nose, as at b, while in rear it is bent under the tlnoat, as at c. 4

Another wire,d, has its ends attached to the throatring e, and extends forward below and parallel with the wire a, but not quite as far to the front as the same, it being bent over the nose, as at c.

A pair of wires, f, have their rear ends fastened to the throat-ring c, and extend forward under the straight portion of the wire (I, their front ends being bent up and fastened to the front part of the wire a, as at iig. 1.

' The two wires f are near their front ends connected by a wire, g, which is under the lower jaw. The dog is enabled to lap, as there is'ample space for that purpose left between the wires b and g.

To the upper part of the throat-ring c are secured the ends of a wire, h, which is bent into two curves, to' extend over the animals head, behind the eyes of the same. Y

B is a flat metal spring. The front end is fastened' to the part e of the wire d, and it extends back, inline with the middle of the head, to t-he collar C, which is a wire or other ring, fitted through an eye, fi, ofthe plateB, and through another eye, j, formed on the throat-ring c. v E t rlhe collar can be'closed by a suitable catch, or by simple hooks, or byotber suitable means.

The spring B is fastened to the wire h, and is there- Yby stiffened. v

y The muhzle is by this arrangement made lighter and more practicable than those in use-,which were heavy and cumbersome, and annoying to the animals.

The elastic spring makes it adaptable to heads of different size, and will, with lcollars of various diameters, always accommodate itself to the form of head.

Having thus described my'invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettkrs Patent, is

The tlat spring Bi in combination with the wire ring C and the bent wires 11,11, 0,(1, e, f, g, and h., when said spring extends from the nose to the ring C, conforming to the ciirvature of the head, all arranged as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

' l H. KAEMPF.

Witnesses FRANi; BLooKLnY,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

